Subtlety is not my strong suit I suppose. Then again, I crack myself up constantly!!
B --- On Fri, 10/23/09, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: William Shatner set to be beamed up To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 11:02 AM dayum. how do you really feel? ;> --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@. ..> wrote: > > Shitner Abrams trek debate.... Insert Yawn Here. Who cares? Abrams made the > best Trek Movie ever without the egomaniac crybaby. He'll probably make > another really good one with or without anyone's blessing or approval or > senior citizen pointless cameo. I think he should go to the biggest Trek > Convention in the world and take a dump on a table and walk out. That movie > was the bomb. Anyone who doesn't get that can't keep on keepin on with their > OS DVD's and reruns. I'll be their opening night havin enough fun for all of > em > > Bosco > > --- On Thu, 10/22/09, brent wodehouse <brent_wodehouse@ ...> wrote: > > > From: brent wodehouse <brent_wodehouse@ ...> > Subject: [scifinoir2] William Shatner set to be beamed up > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:09 PM > > > > > > > http://www.stuff. co.nz/entertainm ent/film/ 2986590/William- Shatner-set- > to-be-beamed- up > > William Shatner set to be beamed up > > Last updated 13:32 21/10/2009 > > Hollywood director JJ Abrams appears set to beam William Shatner up to the > Star Trek sequel. > > Abrams suffered plenty of criticism from Star Trek fans when he opted not > to cast Shatner, the original Captain James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise, > in this year's big screen update of the iconic sci-fi film and TV series. > > Abrams did cast the original Spock, Leonard Nimoy. > > Star Trek was one of the most successful films of 2009, earning almost > US$400 million (NZ$542.81m) at the worldwide box office, and with a sequel > set for release in theatres in 2011, Abrams confirmed Shatner may be > offered a role. > > "I would love to work with him," Abrams told reporters in Los Angeles at a > press conference to promote the release of the Star Trek DVD. > > "We speak. We actually have a lunch date planned." > > Abrams opted to make Star Trek a prequel, winding the clock back to the > early years of the Star Trek crew with young actors Chris Pine (Kirk), > Zachary Quinto (Spock) and Simon Pegg (Montgomery Scott) filling the lead > roles. > > While Abrams and screenwriters Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman managed to find > a way to bring Nimoy back, they opted against offering Shatner a role. > > The dilemma they faced is examined in The Shatner Conundrum, one of the > extra features on the Star Trek DVD. > > "It was a foregone conclusion we wanted him in the movie," Abrams > explained. > > "The problem was his character died on screen in one of his Trek films and > because we decided, very early on, that we wanted to adhere to Trek canon > as best we could ... the required machinations to get Shatner into the > movie would have been very difficult to do given the story we wanted to > tell and also to give him the kind of part that he would be happy with. > > "It was this thing where it would have felt like a gimmick in order to get > Shatner in the movie, which would have honestly, to me, been distracting. " > > The success of Abrams' Star Trek and the welcome Pine, Quinto, Pegg and > other new actors received from Trekkies will make it easier to introduce > Shatner into the sequel, Abrams said. > > "In terms of moving forward, I am open to anything," Abrams added. > > "I feel like the first movie did some of the heavy lifting that needed to > be done in order to free us to continue going forward. Maybe there's less > of a burden and there's going to be more opportunity to work with him > (Shatner)." > > The Star Trek DVD, set for release in Australia on October 29, is filled > with extras, including gag reels, three hours of bonus footage, > commentary, secrets behind the costumes and sets and deleted scenes that > reveal a side story involving Eric Bana's villainous character Nero. > > The DVD also includes what is billed as "ground-breaking augmented reality > technology" which, through a webcam, allows a 3D holographic tour of the > Enterprise. > > Abrams said the decision to hold the world premiere for Star Trek at the > Sydney Opera House in April was the perfect launch pad for the movie. > > "I have been to Sydney before and I loved it the first time," Abrams told > AAP in a video interview. > > "This last time it was so surreal. First of all I had never been to the > Opera House which could not have been more beautiful. > > "The reception was off the charts. The people were so kind. It was > beautiful, maybe not atypical Sydney weather, but I called my wife and > said 'We might have to move here'. > > "I am serious. I want to go back not just for professional reasons. I just > want to go back because it is fantastic." >